The Legacy of Glanville Williams

To mark the 2011 centenary of the birth of Glanville Williams, the School of Law, King’s College London hosted a major international conference on 3 and 4 December 2011. Leading criminal law theorists and medical law ethicists from a number of countries discussed contemporary issues concerning the sanctity of life and the criminal law while engaging with Glanville Williams’ many contributions to these fields. This conference aimed to make a significant contribution to the current debate in these areas.

Speakers included:

PR Glazebrook
Fellow, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Professor John Keown
Rose F. Kennedy Professor in Christian Ethics, Georgetown University
Dr Antje du Bois-Pedain
Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Professor Penney Lewis
School of Law, King’s College London
Professor ATH Smith
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Government Relations) and Dean of Law, Victoria University New Zealand
Dr John Stanton-Ife
School of Law, King’s College London
Professor Andrew Simester
Faculty of Law National University of Singapore and Fellow Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
Lord Justice Toulson
Court of Appeal, England and Wales, (former Chairman of the Law Commission for England and Wales)
Professor Andrew Ashworth QC, DCL, FBA
Vinerian Professor of English Law, All Souls College, University of Oxford
Professor Joshua Dressler
Frank R Strong Chair in Law, The Ohio State University
Professor Michael S Moore
Charles R Walgreen, Jr Chair, College of Law at the University of Illinois
Professor Paul H Robinson
Colin S Diver Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Antony Duff FBA, FRSE
Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota.

The convenors were Dr Dennis J Baker and Professor Jeremy Horder.

Click here for photos of the conference dinner on the Saturday evening.